After more than 180 games, the 2023 Major League Baseball World Series has its final two contenders. The Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers will compete in an unprecedented match for the title of King of Sports in 2023, starting next Friday with the opening game.
The Ranger have completed their return to the Champions of Champions finals after a 12-year drought and will be looking for their first title after dispatching defending champions the Houston Astros. Before them, the Diamonds defeated the defending champions in seven games in the Bundesliga, and they will look for this second title of the franchise in accordance with the value achieved in 2001.
Instead of 6 p.m. Central Mexican Time, the 2023 World Series will begin this Friday at Globe Life Stadium in Texas with the start of the first unprecedented fall classic between two franchises that didn’t want to be the last two teams standing.
He who laughs last, laughs best…
Starting with the worst series in their history, that of Texas. They weren’t even aiming for the postseason. Despite having top signings in the off-season, they rose to the top with a good finish, triumphing over strong competitors and being crowned the world’s best American League.
They defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in the wild card round, who, unlike those on the Mexican border, had the best start of any major, but failed again after two games in the playoffs. From there, they faced a young Baltimore Orioles franchise eager to reverse their recent losing streak, but with three straight losses they have not recorded a single win in the 2023 playoffs.
The biggest challenge came in the MLB Youth Circuit Finals: to stay alive they had to eliminate the current champion and one of the favorites to repeat the title: the Houston Astros. When the Rangers opened the series with two wins, they seemed to put an end to the Sidereals’ illusions, but with three consecutive wins, the neighbors were ready to seal the turnaround and compete in another absolute final. Texas won 9-2 in Game 6 to force this seventh and final meeting.
came to the rescue Adolis Garcia, who with his stellar 11-4 performance in Game 7 restored the Rangers’ return to the World Series and kept alive the dream of their first title in the history of the young franchise founded in 1972.
It takes a while, but the Serpents’ counterattack…
The D-Backs haven’t been to a World Series since 2001, something that has become a rare sight for this desert team. However, his triumphant return could not have been more deserved, leaving some favorites on their way to the title.
They entered the postseason as wild cards and defeated the Milwaukee Brewers with two wins in that round, another surprise for a team that always promises and always delivers. The challenge, at least on paper, would take place in the second qualifying round and against their strong rivals Los Angeles Dodgers, who once again achieved more than 100 regular-season wins.
Like a bucket of cold water, the Snakes won the series against the Angelenos in three games and without pain or glory, once again said goodbye to their World Series ambitions, despite arriving as favorites.
At the end of the old speedway, the Transfrontiers suffered their first defeats after losing to the Philadelphia Phillies in Games 1 and 2, and for a while it looked like their journey was over. Two straight wins coming into Arizona kept them alive, and with Game 5 going in favor of the team from the City of Brotherly Love, they gave those from the desert the difficult task of winning two straight games in Pennsylvania or going home to return to go .
Despite all odds, the Diamondbacks played their best game in the box and on the mound. They stunned the Phillies at home with their goal for the second title in franchise history.
Now this young team faces the Rangers with an 84-78 record on the season and will be sentenced to a maximum of seven games at the end, a new monarch of the circus tent.
Source: La Neta Neta
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